org.springframework.util.xml

Class DomUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils

public abstract class DomUtils
extends Object

Convenience methods for working with the DOM API, in particular for working with DOM Nodes and DOM Elements.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Costin Leau, Arjen Poutsma, Luke Taylor

See Also:

Node, Element

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DomUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ContentHandler	createContentHandler(Node node) Returns a SAX ContentHandler that transforms callback calls to DOM Nodes.
static Element	getChildElementByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) Utility method that returns the first child element identified by its name.
static List<Element>	getChildElements(Element ele) Retrieves all child elements of the given DOM element
static List<Element>	getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) Retrieves all child elements of the given DOM element that match the given element name.
static List<Element>	getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String[] childEleNames) Retrieves all child elements of the given DOM element that match any of the given element names.
static String	getChildElementValueByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) Utility method that returns the first child element value identified by its name.
static String	getTextValue(Element valueEle) Extracts the text value from the given DOM element, ignoring XML comments.
static boolean	nodeNameEquals(Node node, String desiredName) Namespace-aware equals comparison.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DomUtils

public DomUtils()

Method Detail

getChildElementsByTagName

public static List<Element> getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele,
                                      String[] childEleNames)

Retrieves all child elements of the given DOM element that match any of the given element names. Only looks at the direct child level of the given element; do not go into further depth (in contrast to the DOM API's getElementsByTagName method).

Parameters:

ele - the DOM element to analyze

childEleNames - the child element names to look for

Returns:

a List of child org.w3c.dom.Element instances

See Also:

Element, Element.getElementsByTagName(java.lang.String)

getChildElementsByTagName

public static List<Element> getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele,
                                      String childEleName)

Retrieves all child elements of the given DOM element that match the given element name. Only look at the direct child level of the given element; do not go into further depth (in contrast to the DOM API's getElementsByTagName method).

Parameters:

ele - the DOM element to analyze

childEleName - the child element name to look for

Returns:

a List of child org.w3c.dom.Element instances

See Also:

Element, Element.getElementsByTagName(java.lang.String)

getChildElementByTagName

public static Element getChildElementByTagName(Element ele,
                               String childEleName)

Utility method that returns the first child element identified by its name.

Parameters:

ele - the DOM element to analyze

childEleName - the child element name to look for

Returns:

the org.w3c.dom.Element instance, or null if none found

getChildElementValueByTagName

public static String getChildElementValueByTagName(Element ele,
                                   String childEleName)

Utility method that returns the first child element value identified by its name.

Parameters:

ele - the DOM element to analyze

childEleName - the child element name to look for

Returns:

the extracted text value, or null if no child element found

getChildElements

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element ele)

Retrieves all child elements of the given DOM element

Parameters:

ele - the DOM element to analyze

Returns:

a List of child org.w3c.dom.Element instances

getTextValue

public static String getTextValue(Element valueEle)

Extracts the text value from the given DOM element, ignoring XML comments.

Appends all CharacterData nodes and EntityReference nodes into a single String value, excluding Comment nodes. Only exposes actual user-specified text, no default values of any kind.

See Also:

CharacterData, EntityReference, Comment

nodeNameEquals

public static boolean nodeNameEquals(Node node,
                     String desiredName)

Namespace-aware equals comparison. Returns true if either Node.getLocalName() or Node.getNodeName() equals desiredName, otherwise returns false.

createContentHandler

public static ContentHandler createContentHandler(Node node)

Returns a SAX ContentHandler that transforms callback calls to DOM Nodes.

Parameters:

node - the node to publish events to

Returns:

the content handler